Research & Development
Research measured in parts shipped.
Six programmes run against a production target rather than a publication target. Output moves directly into group manufacturing and ventures.
Applied, not academic.
Approach
Research inside a holding company only justifies itself if something gets built. Our programmes are staffed jointly with group manufacturing teams and evaluated on whether a capability reached production, not on how it was received at a conference.
That constraint shapes what we work on. We take programmes where the group already owns the means to manufacture the result, and we decline work that would need a partner we do not have.
Six active research lines.
Programmes
- 01
USDCLLC — Applied Research
A disclosed research entity of the group, covering cross-programme engineering support and early feasibility work for manufacturing and ventures.
Operating - 02
Aervon — Applied Research
A disclosed research entity working on emerging systems for the group’s ventures and manufacturing lines.
Operating - 03
Optics & Sensing
Precision optical assemblies and sensing systems, staffed jointly with group manufacturing. Programme details are withheld.
Withheld - 04
Unmanned Systems
Airframe, control, and payload work feeding directly into the group’s aerial systems venture. Programme details are withheld.
Withheld - 05
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Process and materials development for serial production of titanium and nickel-alloy components. Programme details are withheld.
Withheld - 06
Advanced Materials
Emerging materials evaluation against group manufacturing capability. Programme details are withheld.
Withheld
What we can take on.
Capabilities
- 01
Feasibility
Early technical assessment against real manufacturing constraints, with a build-or-decline recommendation.
- 02
Prototype to part
Design, tooling, and first-article production inside group facilities without an external supply chain.
- 03
Qualified production
Transition of a proven programme into serial manufacturing with group quality systems.
Collaboration is by introduction.
Research programmes reach the group the same way entities do — through the associates network or through an institution we already work with. There is no open call and no submission process.